Users Guide

NOTE: For SAS 12 Gbps HBA and HBA 330 controller, the Available Reports that can be viewed are View Slot Occupancy

Report and View Physical Disk Firmware Version Report.

NOTE: At times, the connector ID for SAS 12 Gbps HBA may not be displayed correctly on Storage Management. This

occurs because of a firmware limitation in the SAS 12 Gbps HBA. However, this connector ID discrepancy does not

cause any functional limitation.

Firmware Or Driver Versions

Use the firmware or driver versions window to view information about the controller firmware and drivers. For more information on

firmware and drivers, see Before Installing Storage Management.

Related concepts

Firmware Or Driver Properties

The firmware and driver properties can vary depending on the model of the controller. The firmware and driver properties are listed in the

table below.

NOTE: The firmware and drivers listed in the

Server Administrator Release Notes

refer to the minimum supported

version for these controllers. Later versions of the firmware and drivers are also supported. For most recent driver and

firmware requirements, contact your service provider.

Table 10. Firmware/Driver Properties

Property Definition

Firmware Version Displays the version of the firmware that is installed on the controller.

NOTE: Storage Management displays Not Applicable on some

controllers for which the firmware version cannot be obtained.

Minimum Required Firmware Version Displays the minimum firmware version that is required by Storage Management.

This property is displayed only if the controller firmware does not meet the

minimum requirement.

Driver Version Displays the version of the driver that is installed on the controller.

NOTE: Storage Management displays Not Applicable on some

controllers for which the driver version cannot be obtained.

Minimum Required Driver Version Displays the minimum driver version that is required by Storage Management.

This property is displayed only if the controller driver does not meet the minimum

requirement.

Storport Driver Version Displays the version of the storport driver that is installed on the system.

Minimum Required Storport Driver Version Displays the minimum storport driver version required by Storage Management.

This property is displayed if the operating system storport driver does not meet

the minimum requirement. This option is applicable only on systems running

Microsoft Windows operating system.

NOTE: To download the latest storport driver, see the Microsoft

Knowledge Base article KB943545 at support.microsoft.com.

Controller Health

The controller Health page displays the status of the controller and the components attached to the controller.

Controller Components

For information on attached components, see:

Controllers